Year 3

Year 3 Curriculum Projects

YEAR 3 PROJECT - Through the Ages

In the Rocks, Relics and Rumbles project, your child will learn about the different layers of the Earth, including plate tectonics and their potential effects on the Earth's surface. They will investigate different types of rock to learn about their uses and properties. They will also investigate soil and fossils, including learning about the work of Mary Anning. They will have the opportunity to use maps to learn about the lines of latitude and longitude and a compass to learn about the cardinal and intercardinal points. They will also learn about volcanoes, earthquakes and tsunamis and the long and short-term consequences that these can have

Memorable Experience: 'Let's Rock!'

Geography: Layers of the Earth; Rocks; Plate tectonics; Ring of Fire; Features of volcanoes; Lines of latitude and longitude; Volcanic eruptions; Earthquakes and tsunamis; Compass points; Maps

History: Significant people - Mary Anning; Pompeii

This project is also supported by mini projects in; 

Science: Forces and Magnets

Art and Design: Ammonite

Design and Technology: Making it Move

Computing: lessons derived from D.A.R.E.S

Music: lessons derived from Kapow

PE: lessons derived from TeamThemeKent

PSHE: lessons derived from JIGSAW content

RE:  lessons derived from Kent SACRE scheme and Cornerstones RE projects 

 

More information about the Year 3 Curriculum can be found in the YEAR 3 Long Term Plan 2025-2026  document found below.

Year 3 Key Information

In Year 3, PE lessons are timetabled for Wednesday (gymnastics) and Friday (hockey).

Please make sure kits are in school and earrings are removed.

 

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English

W/c 5th January 2026

This week we will start our 'Once in a lifetime' unit.  This will include:

• describing characters (from the clip)
• creating and describing our own characters (using skills from the previous lesson); and
• describing settings (from the clip)

We will also complete a reading comprehension on our new topic - learning about the different types of rocks.

 

We will continue working on our handwriting and will spend some time recapping our Place Value of Grammar and Punctuation unit from last term.

 

Spellings

Spellings will be given on Monday 5th January and dictation is on Tuesday 13th January 2026.

This weeks' phoneme

is you (u).

 

Acorns

use

tube

tune

few

new

knew

Tuesday

beauty

 

Conkers

use

excuse

volume

few

new

knew

cue

Tuesday

continue

beauty

beautiful

 

Pine Cones

use

excuse

fortune

volume

altitude

substitute

few

new

knew

nephew

chewy

cue

rescue

Tuesday

continue

due

pursue

beauty

beautiful

 

https://www.edshed.com/en-gb/menu 

 

 

 

Maths

 

W/c 5th January 2026

This week we will start our second multiplication and division unit.  In this we will look at:

• multiples of 10
• related calculations
• reasoning about multiplication
• multiplying a 2 digit number by a 1 digit number (no exchange); and
• multiplying a 2 digit number by a 1 digit number (with exchange)

 

Please encourage your child to access Times Table Rock Stars at home. Their log in is the same as their Numbots log in. Their focus should currently be on the 2, 5 and 10 times tables.

 

Below are links to Infinity quizzes to help further embed in class learning.

https://infinity.whiteroseeducation.com/Home 

 

Additional Information

Welcome back to Term 3.  I am very excited to see you all again and to hear about your break.

 

Children need their reading book and reading record in school every day. 

 

Every child should have a coat each day - we believe that getting outside (no matter the weather) is important.  

PE kits should include a spare set of socks and a PE jumper/hoodie.

 

Show and Tell

Show and Tells are welcome anytime but these should be recent personal achievements or linked to our 'in class' learning.

 

Computing - Tinkercad

https://www.tinkercad.com/joinclass/9IGJX2QFG

 

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We encourage the children to:

• Read every day for at least 15 minutes.
• Spend 15 minutes on TTRS or White Rose Infinity.
• Access their spellings on Spelling Shed